can a police officer write someone a ticket for having a messy home?

Question

a friend of my was living in this apartment last year in arlington and he had abunch of other people staying there while he was away and when he came back to his apartment a police officer had written him a ticket for what he called un clean primises which i think is retarted because alot of peoples homes are way worse then how his apartment looked . if the police are writting tickets to one person for having adirty home then they need to writte them for everyone cause alot of people dont clean their homes i know at least six people right now that dont clean

Answer 1

Its not a ticket for a messy house.

It is a ticket for for Code Restrictions Violations.

If he has junk and or other debris, or its is falling down / in disrepair, or any other of many code violations then yes, they can cite him.

He or you need to look at the local city ordinances dealing with code violations and read the law. Its not a criminal offense, it is civil and can result in fines that increase until the violations are fixed.

Answer 2

quotas were done away with years ago, They are not legal. Years ago, yes we had them, as a matter of fact in the 70s when I first put a badge on, I got a percentage of every ticket I wrote and was paid, I got 10 percent of the ticket. ( that is illegal now also) Many departmenst just have traffic officers assigned to traffic, so they do nothing but stop people and write traffic tickets. They may do a book a day. Other officers have a evaluation monthly every call recieves so many points, and they are rated by that eval. A call about a shotting or a arm robbery would be higher points, a jay walk alot less points. So if they are worried about enough points, they may run more tickets With that also when the state runs programs, like "click it or ticket" and other programs where pressure is put on them to catch some specific traffic crimes.

Answer 3

I think the friend that told you that is full of crap! That doesn't make any sense. He may have got a ticket for having too many people living in the house. In my city there is a limit on how many people per square feet. Maybe...just maybe he got a ticket for a filthy, disgusting, pest ridden house. Not a messy house though. There is a big difference between messy and dirty. Messy is not a health hazard (aside from tripping on something).

Answer 4

I don't know if the police wrote him a ticket for an unclean home or if a codes enforcement person did. It depends on what the law where you live states. If the law says he can, then he can. More than likely, though, it's a codes enforcement officer and not a police officer.

Answer 5

You stated it was an apartment, which means someone else owns the propriety. In which case I would think the officer has this right, there was some reason for the officer to see inside the apartment, and if it is in a complex, this is a hazard for other tenants, as it promotes roaches, mice, and rats, along with other unhealthy conditions.

Answer 6

Inside the home it is the buisness of the home owner. Anything outside of the home is deffinately something that can get you into trouble! If it is too messy and trashy outside the home the law will give youa certain amount of time to have it cleaned up by, if it is not then you will be fined.

Answer 7

There's no way an officer could write a ticket for that. My sister would have been put in jail for life if that was the case... But maybe your state has different laws than mine.

Answer 8

I don't think so! You can receive a Code Violation though from Code Enforcement not the PD. Check and see if the ticket is Real.

Answer 9

I've never heard of that....it would be difficult too because if we are going to inspect your home to use against you, then we would need a warrant to enter...(see 4th ammendement)
The only thing I can think of would be a city code violation, in which the OUTSIDE of your home needs to be in an orderly fashion. Then again, I've seen odder things.....

Answer 10

Retarted?